Music-roll.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1 903.

P. R. WYGKOFF. MUSIC ROLL.

APPLIUATION'PILED'JAN. 30, 1903.

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NITED STATES Patented June 16, 1903.

PATENT OF ICE.

FRANK WYCKOFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE AEOLIAN COMPANY, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., A'CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

MUSlC ROLL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,008, dated June 16,1 903.

Application filed January 30, 1903. Serial No. 141,190. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. WYCKOFF, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings,city

5 and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Music- Rolls, of which the following is a specification,accompanied by drawings.

My invention relates to music-rolls, but" to more particularly todevices for preventing the music-sheet from unrolling after it has beenrolled up.

The object of my invention is to enable the music-sheet to be maintainedin a rolled condition by means independent of the musicsheet, butadapted to cooperate therewith and with the music-roll. My improveddevice may be maintained in position upon the roller when themusic-sheet is unrolled, or it may be entirely removed from the roll.

Further objects of my invention will hereinafter appear; and to theseends my invention consists of the apparatus embodying the features ofconstruction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts havingthe general mode of operation substantially as hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed in this specification and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a music-rollprovided with a fastening device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is adetail side view of the fastening device. Fig. 3 is an end view of themusic-roll.

5 According to my invention any suitable music-roller may be providedwith a device embodying my invention; but, as shown in the drawings, themusic roller A is constructed to cooperate with the fastening de- 0vice. The roller is provided with the musicsheet B, which is shown in arolled-up condition. In order to maintain the sheet in the rolledcondition, I utilize an improved fastening device C, which is a flexibleband of such 4 5 construction that it may not only be increased anddiminished in diameter, but it may be rolled longitudinally of themusic-roll to any desired portion thereof to clasp the rolled sheet.When the music-sheet is to be unrolled, means are provided for holdingthe fastening device at one end of the roller, as

in the groove D adjacent the end flange E of the roller, the notches Qenabling the ring to be easily moved.

While the fastening device C may be made in different ways and accordingto different constructions, in this instance I have shown it composed ofa spiral construction which is, in effect, a spiral spring. The spiralspring maybe made of Wire of any desired kind and then bent around inthe form of a circle, as shown in Fig. 2, and the two ends of the wirejoined at the point F. According to this construction it will be seenthat the fastening device may be rolled along the music-roll from end toend, which is one of the great advantages of my construction. The devicemay be entirely removed from the music-roll by slipping it over one ofthe end flanges E of the roller. Being composed of metal, the fasteningdevice is durable and will not wear out under constant use. It isflexible and strong and is not liable to be stretched out of shape.

Obviously some features of my invention may be used without others andmy invention may be embodied in widely-varying forms.

Therefore without limiting myself to the construction shown anddescribed or enumerating equivalents, I claim, and desire to obtain byLetters Patent, the following: '80

1. Thecombination with a music-roll, of a fastening device formaintaining the musicsheet in a rolled-up condition, said fasteningdevice comprising a flexible elastic band or ring adapted to clasp themusic-roll and capable of being rolled longitudinally of the roll whileclasping the same and means at one end of the roll for seating thedevice, for substantially the purposes set forth.

2. The combination with a roller having a music-sheet, end flanges and agroove adjacent to one of the end flangesof the roller, a flexibleelastic fastening device for maintaining the music-sheet in a rolled-upcondition, said fastening device being in .the form of a 5 band or ringadapted to clasp the rolled musicsheet and capable of being maintainedin said groove when the sheet is unrolled, for substantially thepurposes set forth.

3. The combination with a music sheet and T00 roller provided withflanges and a groove adjacent one of its flanges, of a fastening devicefor maintaining the music sheet in a rolled up condition, said fasteningdevice comprising a spirally-wound spring con nected inthe form of aband or ring, for substantially the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with a music-roller for. carrying a music-sheet, ofa fastening device for holding the sheet in rolled-up position, the saiddevice being movable longitudinally on the roller, and means locatedoutside the limit of the sheet for receiving and retaining the saidfastening device in its inoperative position clear of the edge of thesaid sheet.

5. The combination, with a music-roller for FRANK R. WYGKOFF.

Witnesses:

IRENE HEYLIGER, W. O. MANSFIELD.

